WOMEN TARGETED, FOLLOWED HOME AND ROBBED. WHAT DO ALL THE VICTIMS HAVE IF COMMON AND THE SUSPECT POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE MEN BEHIND A DEADLY ROBBERY AT A USED CAR DEALERSHIP. POLICE SAY TWO MEN AMBUSHED THE OWNER WHEN HE ARRIVED FOR WORK AND TOOK HIS LIFE FOR A SUITCASE FULL OF CASH. PAI MARY BENTON IS JOINING US LIVE FROM SPRING BRANCH. THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS -- A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN WHO LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND A DAUGHTER WHO ARE RIGHT NOW LIVING OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE SHOOTING CAME AS A SHOCK TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS THEM AND WORKS HERE. INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THOSE SUSPECTS. I HEARD THE SHOTS AND I HEARD SOMEBODY SCREAMING. HE WAS WORKING IN THE BACK OF AN AUTO GARAGE WHEN HE HEARD THE CHAOS. WHEN HE RUSHED OUT HE SAW THE VICTIM, HIS FRIEND ON THE GROUND AND BLEEDING. HE DIDN'T MAKE IT. HOUSTON POLICE SAY THE VICTIM, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, HAD JUST PARKED HIS SUV AND WAS WALKING INTO THE BUSINESS. A MAN APPROACHED, SHOT HIM AND GRABBED HIS BRIEFCASE. HE WAS KNOWN TO CARRY HIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND I WOULD ASSUME HE WOULD HAVE MONEY IN HIS CASH BOX TO OPEN BUSINESS. NEXT DOOR AN ACCOMPLICE WAS WAIT NAG GETAWAY HOSPITAL. HE WAS RUSHED TO BEN TAUB HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. HE DOESN'T HARM ANYONE. COMES TO WORK EVERY DAY. BECAUSE OF CAMERAS IN THE AREA HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE A DESCRIPTION AND A PARTIAL LICENSE PLATE NUMBER OF THE GETAWAY DRIVER. AS THE HUNT CONTINUES POLICE SAY THE VICTIM MAY HAVE BEEN WATCHED DAYS BEFORE THE SHOOTING. THAT'S PRETTY BRAZEN, JUST TO SHOW UP IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT BEING SEEN AND RUN DOWN A BUSY STREET. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THAT THE GUNMAN DID NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL HIS FACE. HE WASN'T WEARING ANY TYPE OF MASK SO WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING HERE, THE EVIDENCE, THEY HOPE THAT THEY CAN TRACK THE SHOOTER OR HIS ACCOMPLICE DOWN VERY SOON. FOR NOW WE'RE LIVE, MARY BENTON, KPRC LOCAL 2. POLICE SAY THEY DO PLAN TO

HOUSTON -

Homicide detectives are searching for a man who gunned down a local businessman in the parking lot of a west Houston used car dealership.

Family members identified the victim as Russell Soltani.

The shooting happened in the 8900 block of Long Point near Campbell Road. According to police, Soltani had just arrived at work at around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday when he parked his vehicle and began walking towards the front door of the business.

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It appears the gunman ambushed Soltani from behind, fired two shots and grabbed his briefcase. The gunman took off running towards a getaway car that was parked next door at a car wash.

Soltani was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

"I heard the shots and then I heard somebody screaming," said Humberto Ramon, who was working in the back of the car dealership at the time of the shooting.

Police say Soltani was known to carry important documents and a cashbox in his briefcase.

The gunman and his accomplice may have been watching Soltani and knew when he arrived at work and that he usually carried valuables with him.

"That's pretty brazen, to show up in broad daylight where you're not really worried about being seen and then run down a busy street," said Sgt. Joel Burton, a Houston Police Department homicide investigator.

Co-workers and family members described the victim as a husband and father who hails from Iran.

Distraught family members were in the process of trying to contact relatives in their homeland to tell them about the shooting.

"He's a nice guy, a business man who didn't harm no one," said Tony Sazash. "Comes to work every day, trying to make a living."

Investigators released still photos from surveillance cameras located at several nearby businesses.

The suspect is described only as a black male, 30 to 35 years old, about 5 foot 7 and weighing 200 to 220 pounds. He was last seen in a gray, four-door 2009 Chevrolet Malibu

Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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